Cinematographic photographing apparatus



R. WIDMER CINEMATOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS May l5, 1945.

Filed July 6, 1945 A Patented May 15, 1945 CINEMATOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS Ren Widmer. v4Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, as-

. signor to lPaillard & Cie. S. A., Sainte-Croix,

Switzerland', a corporation of Switzerland Application July 6, 194s, serial No. 493,632

.l v In Switzerland September 7, 1942 to obtain. This adjustment, however, has a disadvantage by reason of the fact4 that the .greater the number of views taken. in a unitsof time, the smaller is the time of exposure whenthe shutter opening is of the same sire.v f

Photographic limitations to produce desired density of negatives require that for a given kind of film, the shutter opening should be made larger when the time of exposure is. shortened. soA that substantially the same total. quantity. of light is applied .to leach frame, that is,` theproductof area of shutter opening and exposure period shouldbe kept the same. f f

.Some .manufacturers have provided their photographing apparatus with a shutter of variable opening. These shutters make it possible to obtain progressive fading' and vary the appearance of a scene. These shuttersthus enable'the time of exposure to be `varied Without modifying the speed of rotation of the shutter. 1 i

No photographing apparatus known up to the present time is provided with a device which enablesfthe speed of rotation of theshutter to be varied without changing the exposure period.

The subject of the present invention isa cinematographic photographing .apparatus provided with a 'shutter of adjustable aperture of which the opening and closing adjustment is kactuated" by a control member, this apparatus being also provided with a speed'governor adjustable byl an operating member adapted to enable thespeed 'of rotation of the shutter to be adjusted.

This apparatus eliminates the disadvantage referred to above by the fact it has a mechanical connection operated manually, which, when in the operated position, produces a mechanical connection ofthe control member to the governor operating member in such a manner that a` control action for the increase or decrease respectively of the speed of the mechanism driving the iilm automatically effects the control of an opening or closing respectively of the adjustable shutter. f

A form of construction of a photographing apparatus particularly suited for amateur use is shown by way of example and diagrammatically in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows a partial front View of a photo.- graphing apparatus of which the casing has been removed and of which some parts have been broken away and other parts are shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a view in partial section on the line II--II of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings and detail, the shutter with adjustable opening is formed of two blades I and 2 secured respectivelyto two sleeves 4a, 4, sliding one on the other and pivoted in two stationary bearings 5I, 52. A. shaft 3 slidesinside the two sleeves.

A pin. 5, carried by the shaft 3, passes through va straight. slot '6a provided along a generating line of the inner' sleeve 4d and engages with a -helicoidal groove 6 provided in the outer sleeve 4. A longitudinal axial movement of the shaft 3 vthus produces, by reason of the slots 6 and` 6a a` relative angular movement of the blades I and 2 of the shutter. The pin 52 also causes the sleeve 4a to. be rotated bythe sleeve 4. The end of shaft 3 remote `from the blades I, 2, carries a terminal disc 5l., and an expansion spring 3a acting between xed bearing '5,2 and disc 5l keeps shaft 3 and pin 5 normally urged away4 from the blades.

A cam l with a progressive spiral prole is secured to a shaft 53 passing through they side wall of the apparatus. The end of the shaft emerging on the outside carries a rotary operating member or knob 8. This knob 8 enables the longitudinal axial movements of thev shaft 3 to be effected manually through the medium of a. lever 9 pivoted at I0. One end` 55 of lever '9 is held in contact with the prole of the cam l. The other end 58 of lever 9 carries a terminal button 59, and lever 9 is so mounted `on its pivotv I0 that button 59.1sfin position to be engaged by terminal disc 5l of shaft 3 as the. latter is urged by spring 3a, while the other end 53 of lever .9 engages the profile of cam l.. As cam l is rotated, it pushes on end 55- of lever 9 and thereby pushes on terminal disc 5l and longitudinally displacesy shaft 3 and pin 5. The angular position of this cam I determines the relative angulary position of the blades, that is to say the opening of the adjustable shutter.

The rotational movement of the shutter is effected by a first helicoidal wheel or worm II secured to a shaftL I2 driven by the feed mechanism of the lm (not` shown). `This wheel ll is in engagement with a second helicoidal wheel or Worm I3. out in the outer sleeve 4. The shaft l2 also carries a ange L4 engaging with a worm I5 secured to a shaft I6 carrying an. adjustable speed governor... This governor is formed by flying weights 25,v 25, secured to resilient arms. One of the ends of each of; these arms is secured to a ring I8 freely mounted on` the shaft I6. This ring I8 can slide along the shaft I6, `and carries a plate I9 adapted to come into engagement with brake shoes 2U carried by a ring 2I secured to a rack 26 in mesh with a pinion 35 secured to a `what manner the same is to be shaft 54 passing through the wall of the apparatus. This shaft 54 has secured to the end thereof emerging on the outside, a rotary operating member or knob 3|. The rack 25 is guided by pins 21 engaging with its slots 29.

The knob or operating member 3i thus, by modof the brake shoes 20 defines the numberof shots effected in a unit of time. i

A toothed wheel 31, pivoted on a lever 38 swinging between two stops 39, 4l] about a xed shaft 4I, may be brought into engagement (position shown) with the pinion 35, or may be swung out of engagement therewith. The shaft 4I carries the toothed wheel 42 which gears with a toothed wheel 31 and with a toothed wheel 46 secured to the shaft 53 carrying the cam 1. Locking means are provided for looking or fixing the position of the `lever 38 so that the toothed wheel 31 gears with or is disengaged from the toothed wheel 35.

When the lever 38 is in the position shown in the drawing, with gear 31 engaging gear 35, the knob or operating member 8 of the cam 1 and the knob or operating member 3| of the speed governor, w are interlocked or connected together mechanically. Thus a rotation movement of the knob or member 8 produces simultaneously an angular adjusting movement of the blades of the shutter and also a variation in the speed of rotation of the shutter as a whole, that is to say, of the mechanism for feeding the film. This connection is `provided in such a manner that an increase in its speed of rotation corresponds with a wider opening of the blades of the shutter. It is thus possible to retain approximately the same period of time for exposure during the talking ofviews at different speeds. l t

When the lever 38 is swung so as to be applied against the lower stop 4D, the toothed wheels 35 vand 31 are disengaged from one another in such a manner that the control of the opening of the shutter is independent of that lof the speed of rotation thereof. l v

A form of construction of the subject of `the present invention has been described-byway of example and with reference to a particular type of clare that what I claim is:

1. Cinematographic photographing apparatus including a variable shutter, actuating means for performed, I demeans for adjusting the relative distance between said brake shoe and said collar, said last named means comprising a gear rack rigidly secured to said shoe and a. pinion adapted to mesh with said gear rack, said gear rack being slidably mounted on said apparatus, a gear train, and means for engaging and disengaging said gear train with said pinion whereby when said gear train is in engaging position with said pinion said governor will control'the opening or closing of said shutter and the speed of the hn feeding means.

2. In film gate apparatus, a pair of rotatable supporting members, a shutter comprising a pair of blades respectively xedly carried on said supporting members, positioning means for interconnecting said supporting members for rotation as a unit, displaceable adjusting means for adjusting said positioning means for varying the relative position of said supporting members and thereby adjusting the opening between said blades, a lever mounted pivotally with a rst Ione of its ends engaging an end of said shaft, a control cam spindle, a cam carried on said spindle, said cam being mounted for engagement of its profile with the second end of said lever, a drive axle, gear means whereby said axle drives said supporting members, a governor connected for controlling the speed of said drive shaft and comprising a speed setting element, and interconnecting means comprising a gear train interconnecting said cam spindle and said setting element, whereby rotation of said cam shaft simultaneously adjusts the speed of said drive shaft and the opening of said shutter blades.

3. Film gate apparatus according to claim 2, and control means for selectively connecting said interconnecting means for simultaneous common adjustment of the speed of said drive shaft and theopening of said shutter blades, or for disconnecting said interconnecting means for independent separate adjustment of ysaid speed and of said opening.

4. Film gate apparatus according to claim 2, said interconnecting means being adapted to increased the opening of said shutter blades as the speed of said drive shaft increases.

5. Inlm gate apparatus, a pair of co-axial sleeves, a shutter comprising a pair of blades respectively xedly carried on said sleeves, a shaft mounted within the inner one of said sleeves and carrying a radial pin, said sleeves being provided with non-similar grooves adapted to receive said pin, a lever mounted pivotally with a, first one of its ends engaging an end of said shaft, a control cam spindle, a cam carried on said spindle, said cam being mounted for engagement of its profile with the second end of said lever, a drive axle, gear means whereby said axle drives the outer of said sleeves, a centrifugalA governor connected for controlling the speed of said drive shaft and comprising a speed setting element, and means comprising a gear train interconnecting said cam spindle and said setting element, whereby rotation of said cam shaft simultaneously adjusts the speed of said drive shaft and the opening of said shutter blades.

6. Film gate apparatus according to claim 5. said governor comprising a brake shoe and a rack member slidably carrying said brake shoe, and said gear train being engageable with said rack.

REN WIDMER. 

